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The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Latin America's six largest economies

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  • Lucía Ramírez Leira
  • Carlo Lombardo
  • Leonardo Gasparini
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  • Lucía Ramírez Leira & Carlo Lombardo & Leonardo Gasparini, 2021. "The Effect of the Minimum Wage in Latin America's six largest economies," Asociación Argentina de Economía Política: Working Papers 4512, Asociación Argentina de Economía Política.
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    Keywords

    Minimum Wage; Wages; Labor Markets; Inequality; Informality; Latin America;
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    JEL classification:

    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law

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